Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-10-26
Dress Tricots, entirely new
and cheap, at Youmans'.

Monday was a cold, cloudy, windy
disagreeable day.
Spelling bee on Friday night, at the
SherlockMills hall.
The best stock Of groceries to select
from is at b. K. Herrington's. 10
Plenty Of money to loan on good
farms, by Shannon & Shannon. 10
Bronson & Houchin have money at
low rates to loan on improved farms. 8
The firm of Garrison & Mullikin have
gone out Of business, and have leased
their shop.
For Sale-a light span Of broke
mares, cheap. for cash. Enquire of
Morris Bros. 20
Fred Ellis gave birthday party to a
number of his young friends, last Fri
day afternoon.
Who would vote for Scott Cummins
rs n "laboring man, )" when Am Allen
is candidate?
Pure candies and corrections and the
greatest variety Of fruits, at YOung's,
next door to postoffice. 81
The latest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
lst National bank. 4
II you make your application with
Shannon u Shannon, you will get your
money when papers are signed. 10
WANTED, by a young man, a furnish
ell room, or room with board. Address,
stating terms, Is. ID. p, Box 81, City.
For tender steak, a juicy roast. or
any kind Of smoked meat, fresh and
good, see Marquand, next door to the
postOflice. 81
Doran Il Roberts have added closed
carriage to their otherwise complete
line of vehicles. 1t is both elegant and
substantial.
The Free Methodist quarterly meet
ing will be held at the LOckard school
house, November 18th and 18th, with
r. +. Miller In the chair.
Marriage licenses were issued on the
10th to Arthur l.. Taylor and Gussie G.
Albertson. and to Jas. Hubbard and
Mary Rush; all Of Barber county.
There is talk of Elder Netherlands
accepting position in Missouri, where
he can get larger salary than his con-
gregation here can afford to give.
Jim Hall is one OF the people, far
aud I'll ~ L rs,to hxyn
so there Is 10 need to hunt further for
laboring man, whatever that may
mean.
Two convicted criminals walked
away to freedom during the time Doc
Rigg was sheriff. They were More
head and Jerry Kaufman. Dozens of
others guilty of crime were never ar
rested.
Mr.. J. Il. Bratten, wife and sister-in-
law. of Larned, Kansas, are here OH a
visit to their brOther-in-law, Rev. j. G..
McElroy and family. Mr.. Bratten is
looking for business location, and it
may be that he will decide to remain
here.
Harry Walsh, a representative Of the
II. G.. Dun & Co. commercial agency,
was here this week, getting the finan-
cial standing of this city. lie gave it
rs his unprejudiced opinion that Medi-
cine Lodge is the most solid city in the
southwest, of its size.
Kiowa was well represented here
yesterday by attorneys and witnesses,
most Of them being In the case OF Kate
Craven against the city Of Kiowa.
Among others we noticed attorneys
Robinson, Mcintyre, Wiley and Hop
kins, and Messrs. D. Z. T. Ewell, ]. +.
Lawrence, J. l.. B. Ellis and NJ. O'Shee.
The Wichita drug clerk, Stewart, con-
victed of los violations of the prohibit
DRY law and sentenced to seventeen
years imprisonment and fines aggregat-
ing SO 800, is I'm good luck, Gov. Martin
having committed his punishment to six
months in Iail and 5000 fine. The best
citizens Of Wichita petitiOned for the
Communication.
The probability is that the Thomp-
son opera house will be dedicated about
the I'D Of November, by the Clair Pat
tee dramatic company. 1t will be re
membered that this company was here
last winter, its principal attractions
being Edith Arnold and willard Sims.
Our people will gladly welcome the re-
turn of the troupe.
Geo. w. Vickers bought load of hay
the other day, from a supposed honest
citizen who lives northeast Of here. He
CHANGED to be in his Office, overlooking
the hay scales, when the load was being
weighed, and saw two men hiding in
the top OF tho load. When the hay was
unIoaded. the driver took his wagon to
the scales to ind its weight, and forgot
to take the two men with him. Vick-
ers made kick, and thus saved the
price of three hundred pounds Of hay.
Some men can't be honest, and don't
try to be.
Programme - the Roundup literary
society, gwen Oct. -: Questi0.=. SiscuS-
sed, Resolved that society should be
upon an equality" Affirmative: Ben
lIarbaugh, L. &. VanBenthusen, C. c.
Richmond. Negative, +. r. Hays, G. L.
Snoddy, r. L. Gronedyke. Decision,
two for affirmative and one for mega
tive. Speech to the young men. j. b.
Romig. Essay, L. e. VanBenthusen.
Song, Jake Romig. iDeclamation,
Clarence Martin. Essay. G. l.. Snoddy.
Question for discussion Oct. nth: "Re-
solved. that a handful of common
sense is worth bushel of learning"
The celebrated Boyd cattle case is ON
trial again, at Anthony, this week. II
is case 10 which W. w. Cook seeks to
recover from Jesse Boyd, NJ. Cochran